Safety measures in place as intu Braehead gets set to welcome back shoppers
It's hoped the First Minister will go ahead with plans to reopen indoor shopping centres from Monday
We’re getting a look at how a trip to indoor shopping centres will look once lockdown restrictions are further eased.
The team at intu Braehead has drawn up a plan to keep everyone who visits or works there safe, which includes social distancing and hygiene procedures and more support to help stores safely reopen.
Limits will be placed on the number of people allowed into the centre at a time, with a raft of other measures including floor stickers indicating a one-way system for visitors making their way through the centre and staff training to ensure visitors stay socially distanced.
Visitors will also be required to wear face coverings in line with Scottish government instructions. The First Minister has indicated that indoor shopping centres can reopen on Monday, July 13.
Enhanced hygiene regimes that were introduced at the start of the coronavirus outbreak will continue, with even more deep cleaning of key areas and touch points like escalators, toilets and keypads.
These measures have remained in place since intu Braehead provided vital access to essential services such as pharmacies and supermarkets during lockdown. Automatic Hand sanitation dispensers will also remain at entrances and other locations throughout the centre for visitors to use.
And intu Braehead staff will be given PPE to keep them safe, with facemasks and gloves provided to frontline workers such as security and customer service staff and visors issued to waste and environmental teams.
The centre’s team has given individual stores support to help them reopen safely and in line with Government guidelines, such as queuing zones in the malls to ensure social distancing inside shops.
Marketing Manager at intu Braehead David Lyon told Clyde News: “It will be a different experience than usual for everyone who visits, but this is to make sure everyone is safe, and has the confidence to venture outside and enjoy their time when they come shopping.”
He’s also encouraging us all to be patient as customers and staff adjust to the ‘new normal’: “We know we can’t do this alone. Everyone who visits either to work or to shop will play their part in keeping themselves and each other safe by following the official guidelines and the safety information provided by our team.”
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